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South African truffle industry

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 08:23.

The South African truffle industry is in the enviable position of being able to produce winter truffles (Tuber melanosporum) out-of-season to the European and North American markets and Woodford Truffles (Mycorrhizal Systems arm in SA) are kick-starting the local truffle industry. Woodford’s tree quarantine station in the mountains north of Cape Town holds a number of trees in preparation for 20ha of truffieres confirmed to be established and planted with partners in 2008. Woodford can be seen this week, 20th of May to the 23rd of May, in Cape Town at the 17th International Congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science 2008, manning a stand presenting our cultivation system and South African Truffle Joint Venture Project. For further details, see www.WoodfordTruffles.co.za

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Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd. are currently seeking partners from a wide range of countries for the establishment of truffle plantations.
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We offer trees inoculated with either the Summer truffle (Tuber aestivum var. uncinatum) which is completely suited to the UK climate.
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  • Patches of bare earth ignite truffle dreams
    10/29/2008 - 09:55

    Some very exciting news- earlier this autumn we received photos from our welsh plantation showing a very distinct ‘brûlé’. A brûlé is a burnt-looking patch of ground, devoid of vegetation underneath the tree caused by the truffle fungus- these normally take several years to appear and signal imminent onset of fruiting of the truffle. This is particularly exciting as they have appeared on around 70-80% of trees planted last winter! With an average age of 9months (from planting), these results are every exciting indeed,